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Florida now has gay marriage! And Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has a lot to say about it, none of it good. Plus, Erin looks at Revlon's shady and allegedly racist business practices. And...The Bachelor is back! So be sure to not waste your time by watching it.

Hello Buddies and welcome back to our bunker! We know it’s only been a week, but gosh darn it we missed you! Have you been drinking enough water? How have you been sleeping? Have you been practicing your lock picking/black smithing/water collecting/welding? What’s that? You don’t do those things?! Well, it sure is lucky you have Bunker Buddies! On this episode we run you through some of the key skills you need to survive the apocalypse and we rate ourselves on said skills! How do you stack up?

Thirteen years ago, the director Richard Linklater set out to make a very ambitious film. He wanted to make a movie about childhood and growing up, and he wanted it to actually capture the passing of time in the actors' lives. He cast Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as parents, and an as-yet-unknown seven year old actor named Ellar Coltrane as their son.

Linklater shot the movie bit by bit, over the course of twelve years, and it was released last year in theaters with the title Boyhood. The movie shows a series of moments in a boy's life (and by extension, his parents' lives). He eats dinner with his family, goes bowling with his dad, meets a new stepdad, gets a girlfriend, learns photography, moves away to college.

Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane join us to talk about how the movie was conceived, how Coltrane's life and personality was slowly integrated into his character, and which things stayed the same over twelve years of filming.

Boyhood just picked up several awards at this year's Golden Globes, including Best Director and Best Motion Picture - Drama. It's now available on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD.

When David and Joe Henry set out to write about Richard Pryor, they weren't looking to write a straight-ahead biography. Instead, they produced a poetic and impressionistic portrait of Pryor as a product of the time and place where he lived.

Their book, Furious Cool, explores the cultural landscape of Pryor's life, in addition to the events of his childhood and professional career.

David and Joe Henry join us to talk about Pryor's ascent in the comedy world, some of his most transformative moments, and why he remained so well-loved, even when he behaved atrociously.